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A major theme in my understanding of religion and spirituality is that religious organizations are not so much a means to grow in genuine spirituality, as they enable many people to come together and engage in spiritual practice as a community.  The growth remains an individual responsibility, sometimes aided but sometimes hindered by the organizations…

For explanation, See previous post. CURRENT NOMINATIONS  Bell, Book and Candle Blair Witch Project Blair Witch Sequel (Book of Shadows) Hocus Pocus Scooby Do and the Witch’s Ghost The Craft The Guardian Wicker Man (newer) Wicker Man (older)  (With the one obvious issue exempted, I really liked it) Witches of the Caribbean 

I recently received a suggestion that Beliefnet might post a gallery with 10 of the WORST portrayals of Pagans in the movies, combined with 3 or 4 sentences as to why each was bad, maybe with links. I responded that I think this is a good idea – but I no longer see all that…

The open thread has continuing to evolve into a really fascinating discussion of divination and related issues.  It has also fallen pretty far down the list of posts, so I am raising it to everyone’s attention again. Click on the link above to bring yourselves up to speed, but best to comment here. enjoy. I…

Utah criminalizes women whom prosecutors can “prove” sought miscarriages. Carl Wimmer, the miserable excuse for a human being behind Utah’s law says it all himself.   The depths of depravity masquerading as “Christianity” seem to have no bottom.

Yes, the Sauronic imbeciles that make up a majority of the Texas Board of “Education” have just voted to removed mention of Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Independence, third President of the United States, and better human being than all of these losers added together when teaching the Enlightenment’s impact on social change.…

In a previous comment Rombald called our attention to the fact that science itself was powerfully influenced by a Christian world view when it originated.  The desacralization of the world promoted by Protestantism in particular made it easy to approach it in a detached ‘objective’ fashion.  Western science is largely Protestant Christian in its origins. …

This blog is an active participant in the Culture War being waged in the US.  But I often find myself in a strange position, as many other Pagans likely do.  I frequently seem to shift sides.  I want to describe how I see what I am doing in this respect, and then recommend a book…

A couple of days ago I came across two Youtube videos of Qigong masters using chi to perform extraordinary feats.  One, in which I have enormous confidence, is from China,  and was linked to by a man I worked with for many years while doing a lot of healing work, Larry Wong. The other was next…

Because this Rand issue has played such an important part in my own intellectual and moral history, and because my discovery of the Hickman stuff helped solve a puzzle for me about the contemporary political right, I will answer the critics at some length.  I assume you have read the first post and perhaps the…
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